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[h2]US shuts down .com site not registered in the US over conspiracy[/h2]
[URL="http://rt.com/news/home-security-feds-indiction-ayre-683/"]Source:[/URL]
The conviction of Canadian billionaire Calvin Ayre in the US on charges of online gambling and money laundering has sparked fears that anyone owning an Internet .com domain could fall under US jurisdiction.
The federal judge implicated Ayre and four colleagues in almost $10 billion of illicit winnings paid out to gamblers. Ayre’s four colleagues are currently outside the US, yet face a possible jail sentence of 25 years.
In connection with the charges, Calvin Ayre’s website Bogdan.com was seized and shut down on Monday by Homeland Security on a federal court order. However other Bogdan sites, namely Bogdan.eu and Bogdan.co.uk remain active.
The Canadian, who founded the Bogdan gambling group, was accused of operating an illegal gambling business between June 2006 and Jan 2012 and of orchestrating a money laundering conspiracy.
Under US law, online gambling is illegal.
Bogdan.com was registered to an online domain in Canada where internet gambling is legal. However Homeland Security justified the shutdown by citing “the movement of funds from accounts outside the US” as the reason.
“Sports betting is illegal in Maryland, and federal law prohibits bookmakers from flouting that law simply because they are located outside the country,” said a District attorney for Maryland, Rod J. Rosenstein.
Calvin Ayre has criticized the charges claiming that the US has no right to the indictment given that online gambling is legal according to international law.
“I see this as abuse of the US criminal justice system for the commercial gain of large US corporations. It is clear that the online gaming industry is legal under international law and in the case of these documents it is also clear that the rule of law was not allowed to slow down a rush to try to win the war of public opinion,” he said in an official statement on his website.
The case has also caused raised eyebrows among online activists who see it as the US extending its jurisdiction into the online .com domain. This essentially means that the US could prosecute people on the basis that legal activities they engaged in in other countries are illegal in the US.
“Even though SOPA is currently in limbo, the reality is that US law can now be asserted over all domains registered under .com, .net, org, .biz and maybe .info,” writes Mark Jeftovic, CEO of easyDNS, a multinational domain-hosting company.
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Brilliant decision, no not at all.
world police at it again i see.
Well, as .com and so forth is registered in the US, It does fall in under their jurisdiction; all you need to do to get away, though, is host it from a land owned ending; i.e. .uk, .au or even .eu. From what I recall, this isn't the first time a .com domain has been seized by ICE, and HS, either.
Is it just me; or is the US govt dumber than a rock?
Garry should change the domain to co.uk
Sorry guys, our government has been infiltrated by corporate bribery. We can't get a word in when it comes to talking to politicians about these things. They don't listen to the people they represent, they only respond to money and plans to make more money.
Oh for god's sake.
ITT: misinformed people who did not read the article.
[quote] Homeland Security justified the shutdown by citing “the movement of funds from accounts outside the US” as the reason.
“Sports betting is illegal in Maryland, and federal law prohibits bookmakers from flouting that law simply because they are located outside the country,” said a District attorney for Maryland, Rod J. Eisenstein. [/quote]
They justified shutting it down because their money was being moved around in Maryland.
[QUOTE=Xyrec;34961239]Is it just me; or is the US govt dumber than a rock?[/QUOTE]
Hey rocks aren't as brain dead as that govt, like particks rock in spongebob managed to win that race. Pretty good if you ask me.
Shit like this annoys me.
[QUOTE=Scrimp;34961305]Hey rocks aren't as brain dead as that govt, like particks rock in spongebob managed to win that race. Pretty good if you ask me.[/QUOTE]
Plus you can drive rocks
[QUOTE=Xyrec;34961239]Is it just me; or is the US govt dumber than a rock?[/QUOTE]
Why are you offending the poor rocks?
Are you fucking kidding me?
TEAM AMERICA, FUCK YEA!
[QUOTE=Xyrec;34961239]Is it just me; or is the US govt dumber than a rock?[/QUOTE]
Uhm, any government is dumber than a rock. Rocks score a positive fifteen on a IQ test, while governments score a negative four.
[QUOTE=The one that is;34962429]Uhm, any government is dumber than a rock. Rocks score a positive fifteen on a IQ test, while governments score a negative four.[/QUOTE]How? Paper beats rock.
What's the best international domain?
Stop saying "world police" this was within US jurisdiction
[QUOTE=Andokool12;34962823]What's the best international domain?[/QUOTE]
.BIZ
FOR BIZINESSES
[QUOTE]the reality is that US law can now be asserted over all domains registered under .com, .net, org, .biz and maybe .info,[/QUOTE]
Well at least .us is safe.
[QUOTE=Andokool12;34962823]What's the best international domain?[/QUOTE]
.xxx
[QUOTE=Noble;34962886]Stop saying "world police" this was within US jurisdiction[/QUOTE]
"Canada"
Sometimes I think our planet should be run by robots who don't care about personal gain, only the good of the people. Where the hell are our robot overlords?
Heard alot about Maryland in the news lately.
[QUOTE=Hashmere;34963421]Sometimes I think our planet should be run by robots who don't care about personal gain, only the good of the people. Where the hell are our robot overlords?[/QUOTE]Good for people is mass genocide and extinction.
[QUOTE=Robber;34963368]"Canada"[/QUOTE]
US, they shut it down not because of censoring but because of blatantly breaking the law in a state. If it was the other way around, there wouldnt be a story.
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